What if there was a future planet made of JUNK? UNL students participate in a global world-build that deals with the environmental consequences of our present moment
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tudents in Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Arts Ash E. Smith’s Innovation Studio course last spring participated in the global initiative to build a massive
open world 300 years in the future called Planet JUNK. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts was one of 12 international schools on five continents participating last spring. Each of the schools is a hub that engages with the others within the world, using a shared core methodology. The World Building Consortium is led by USC World Building Media Lab Director Alex McDowell, RDI. McDowell is an award-winning designer and storyteller. He was the production
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HIXSON-LIED COLLEGE of FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS | FALL 2021
